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Regatta at Sullivans always a picnic
Event date Saturday 30 January 2010 Venue Sullivan Bay, Mahurangi regional Park, Mahurangi West High tide 07:47 (1.30 m) then 20:03 (1.21 m) Shoreside events Friends of the Mahurangi Sailing events Mahurangi Cruising Club Philippa posses, in common with many of her...
Harmony prevailed visitors receiving every attention
In regattas past, Scott Homestead would sit locked and mostly unused. The kitchen was pressed into service, preparing salads for the evening’s venison burgers, but otherwise visitors were unable to to see inside. Last regatta, Paul Deacon held an…
Volunteers called for busman’s holiday
Bureaucracy-wise, the bar was set high for the 2004 regatta ball. As the head ranger said at the time: We wouldn’t even be having this conversation, if it wasn’t for the historic importance of Warkworth’s 150th celebrations. However, given Scott Homestead’s historic role as…
Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen accord
Appearances can be deceptive. Copenhagen 18 December 2009, might not have looked and sounded like a turning point in history. But time determines what constitutes a moment in history, not the preconceived expectations of conference critics.…
Copenhagen cue for catchment as climate action showcase
Climate action is set to become the only game in town. Which could leave the Mahurangi starved of funds for reducing its elevated sediment accumulation rate. But rather than compete with climate action projects, the Mahurangi is perfectly positioned to be a climate...
Marine farming the nasty way or the nice way
There are two ways to stop teredo. Build oyster farms from unpalatable material, or from palatable material impregnated with poisons. Biomarine, for its vast new Kaipara harbour farm, has chosen to eschew poisons such as chromium arsenates. Instead of…
Voting for and against, and with first past the post
It is a continual improvement advocate’s worst nightmare. It would be like lining up the 15-year-old family hack at Bathurst, without even checking the dipstick. Mixed member proportional is about to be compared with a yet-to-be-determined range of other systems, with...
Walks in, around and beyond Warkworth worth walking
They’re billed as Warkworth Walks Worth Doing, though only one is actually in or around Warkworth. There are seven, ranging from the relatively rigorous, to the summit of Tamahunga, to the trattoria-style Italian dinner at Herons Flight…